2 Kings 6:2

2 Kings 6:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.
• New International Version (NIV)Let us go to the Jordan, where each of us can get a pole; and let us build a place there for us to meet.” And he said, “Go.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Let us go to the Jordan and each of us get there a log, and let us make a place for us to dwell there." And he answered, "Go."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Please, let us go to the Jordan, and let every man take a beam from there, and let us make there a place where we may dwell.” So he answered, “Go.”

Context of 2 Kings 6:2

1The sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “Please notice that the place where we live under your supervision is too small for us. Please let us go to the Jordan where we can each get a log and can build ourselves a place to live there.” “Go,” he said. 3Then one said, “Please come with your servants.” “I’ll come,” he answered. 4So he went with them, and when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees.

2 Kings 6:2 word by word

נֵֽלְכָה־נָּ֣א עַד־הַיַּרְדֵּ֗ן וְנִקְחָ֤ה מִשָּׁם֙ אִ֚ישׁ קוֹרָ֣ה אֶחָ֔ת וְנַעֲשֶׂה־לָּ֥נוּ שָׁ֛ם מָק֖וֹם לָשֶׁ֣בֶת שָׁ֑ם וַיֹּ֖אמֶר לֵֽכוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Let us goיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• we pray thee, unto Jordanיַרְדֵּןyardên · JordanH3383
• and takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• thence every manאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• aאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• beamקוֹרָהqôrâh qôrâh · beamH6982
• and let us makeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• us a placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• there, where we may dwellיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• And he answeredאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559

Cross-references for 2 Kings 6:2

• John 21:3“I’m going fishing,” Simon Peter said to them. “We’re coming with you,” they told him. They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.
• Acts 18:3and since they were of the same occupation, tentmakers by trade, he stayed with them and worked.
• Acts 20:34You yourselves know that I worked with my own hands to support myself and those who are with me.
• 1 Corinthians 9:6Or do only Barnabas and I have no right to refrain from working?
• 1 Thessalonians 2:9For you remember our labor and hardship, brothers and sisters. Working night and day so that we would not burden any of you, we preached God’s gospel to you.
• 2 Thessalonians 3:8we did not eat anyone’s food free of charge; instead, we labored and toiled, working night and day, so that we would not be a burden to any of you.
• 1 Timothy 6:6But godliness with contentment is great gain.

Commentaries on 2 Kings 6:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Every man a beam - They made a sort of log-houses with their own hands.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Take every man a beam - Trees were rare in most parts of Palestine, but plentiful in the Jordan Valley. Jericho was known in early times as “the city of palms” Deuteronomy 34:3; Judges 1:16.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-2a log … a place to live: The forest areas of the Jordan Valley near Jericho and Gilgal offered various types of wood for building (see 2 Kings 2:1, 4).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan--whose wooded banks would furnish plenty of timber.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Jordan
• Jordan River, Jordan
• Band
• Beam
• Send
• Elisha
• Jehoahaz
• Jehoram; Joram
• Kings, Books of

Commentaries on 2 Kings 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings